The Octopus: A Story of California
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The Octopus: A Story of California is a 1901 naturalist novel by Frank Norris that dramatizes the brutal conflict between California wheat farmers and a powerful railroad monopoly.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Octopus: A Story of California canonical | 7 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
naturalist novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Frank Norris ⓘ |
| basedOn | Mussel Slough Tragedy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
California wheat farmers
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railroad monopoly ⓘ |
| depictsEventType |
land disputes
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violent confrontation ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Pit ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
naturalism
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political novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
laborers
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railroad officials ⓘ wheat ranchers ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | American muckraking tradition ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
machine-like power of corporations
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nature versus industry ⓘ struggle against fate ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
agriculture in California
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class conflict ⓘ land ownership ⓘ monopolies ⓘ railroads in the United States ⓘ |
| length | long novel ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American naturalism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Progressive Era literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | detailed realism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
agrarian struggle
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conflict between farmers and railroad monopoly ⓘ corporate power ⓘ economic exploitation ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of corporate capitalism
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portrayal of farmers’ resistance ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Epic of the Wheat ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1901 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday & McClure Company ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| settingTime | late 19th century ⓘ |
| title | The Octopus: A Story of California self-link ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
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